Sources: BBC
A Nigerian court sentences Biafran separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment on seven terrorism charges over his leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra militant group. 2025-11-20
At least 27 people are killed and several others are injured in a mass shooting by bandits at a mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2025-08-19
Seven people are killed and 31 injured after a truck crashed in Gombe State, Nigeria. 2025-01-2
The United Nations and Nigeria come to an agreement to release 876 children being held due to suspicions that they are tied to Boko Haram. 2016-10-30
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
Boko Haram militants rampage through three villages in northern Nigeria killing 28 people. 2014-05-24
Five members of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram and two Nigerian Army soldiers are killed in fighting in the city of Kano. 2013-11-9
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatens to launch a terror campaign to "defend Christianity" in Nigeria in response to attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram. 2013-04-16
At least six people die in an attack in Ngalda, Yobe State, Nigeria. 2013-02-24
The Supreme Court rules that Nigerian families can sue drug company Pfizer for using a deadly antibiotic on their children. 2010-06-29